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Melmillo

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Three and thirty birds there stood      In an elder in a wood;      Called Melmillo - flew off three,      Leaving thirty in a tree;      Called Melmillo - nine now gone,      And the boughs held twenty-one;      Called Melmillo - eighteen      Left but three to nod and preen;      Called Melmillo - three - two - one -      Now of birds were feathers none.      Then stole slim Melmillo in      To that wood all dusk and green,      And with lean long palms outspread      Softly a strange dance did tread;      Not a note of music she      Had for echoing company;      All the birds were flown to rest      In the hollow of her breast;      In the wood thorn, elder, willow -      Danced alone - lone danced Melmillo.

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